veclibfort ☆
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Description:
GNU Fortran compatibility for Apple's vecLib
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: fortran blas lapack accelerate numerical macos
Install: brew install veclibfort
About:
vecLibFort provides a set of wrapper functions that translate BLAS and LAPACK calls to their corresponding Apple Accelerate Framework equivalents. This allows scientific and numerical applications written in Fortran or C to leverage Apple's highly optimized hardware-specific routines without code modification. It serves as a drop-in compatibility layer, ensuring that standard Fortran code can build and run seamlessly on macOS.
Key Features:
  • Drop-in compatibility layer for BLAS and LAPACK
  • Maps standard calls to Apple's Accelerate Framework
  • Supports both Fortran and C interfaces
  • Enables high-performance computing on Apple hardware
Use Cases:
  • Compiling scientific software that requires BLAS/LAPACK on macOS
  • Accelerating numerical linear algebra computations
  • Porting Linux-based scientific code to macOS without rewriting
Alternatives:
  • OpenBLAS – OpenBLAS is a portable, open-source implementation that can be used instead of Apple's Accelerate Framework, but may require explicit linking and configuration.
Version History
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Sep 12, 2024 12:02am 0 VERSION_BUMP 626701f2
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